ABMS has announced that Sharp HealthCare physicians who are Board Certified by one of 21 of the 24 ABMS Member Boards participating in the ABMS Multi-Specialty Portfolio Program may now receive Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Improvement in Medical Practice (Part IV) credit for their engagement in quality improvement (QI) work at the health system.

ABMS is pleased to announce the election of John C. Moorhead, MD, MS, FACEP, as the 36th Chair of its Board of Directors (BOD) at the ABMS BOD meeting held June 22-23 in Chicago. Other new Board Members elected at the meeting include a new Chair Elect, three new and six re-elected At-Large Members, and two new and two re-elected Board Members to serve on the Executive Committee.

When catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) were not reduced at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center after clinical decision support (CDS) interventions were implemented, ABMS Visiting Scholar Zachary N. Gordon, MD, was asked to figure out why.

ABMS has awarded Cynda A. Johnson MD, MBA, its 2016 Distinguished Service Award. Created in 1986, this award recognizes individuals for their extraordinary contributions to the medical specialty certification process.

View a recording of a webinar featuring Drs. Daniel J. Cole, Robert L. Phillips, Jr., and William Thorwarth, Jr., highlighting the work that the American College of Radiology and the American Board of Family Medicine are doing to help physicians satisfy MACRA and MIPs requirements.

ABMS has announced the selection of FIGmd, Inc., to partner with in creating the technology solution CertLink™, a new, web-based assessment platform that leverages smart mobile technology to explore new assessment approaches.

ABMS is opposed to the American Medical Association’s call for the immediate end to any mandatory, secure recertifying examination by ABMS or other certifying organizations as part of the recertification process for those specialties that still require a secure, high-stakes recertification examination.

ABMS and the National Patient Safety Foundation, a central voice for patient safety since 1997, have issued a joint call for patient safety activities to enrich the ABMS MOC Directory, powered by MedEdPORTAL.

ABMS has announced that Vanderbilt University Medical Center is participating in the ABMS Multi-Specialty Portfolio Approval Program™. VUMC physicians who are Board Certified by one of 21 of the 24 ABMS Member Boards participating in the Portfolio Program may receive Maintenance of Certification Improvement in Medical Practice credit for their engagement in quality improvement work at the health system.

ABMS has announced that Johns Hopkins Medicine has joined the ABMS Multi-Specialty Portfolio Approval Program™. JHM physicians who are Board Certified by one of 21 of the 24 ABMS Member Boards participating in the Portfolio Program, and are engaged in eligible activities approved by the JHM Office of Continuing Medical Education and the Armstrong Institute for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, can now obtain maintenance of certification credit.